Despite Deficit Fears, City Council Restores Funding for Parks, Libraries in Final Budget

Morning Report: Council Bypasses a Whole Lotta Cuts

The San Diego City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve a budget that avoided many previously threatened cuts to library and lake hours, recreation centers and park restrooms. It also adds back the chief operating officer position that Mayor Todd Gloria abruptly nixed and took over earlier this year, funds a safe parking lot for homeless families at Central Elementary and restores the Office of Race and Equity. The city’s budget for the year tha…

San Diego City Council approves 2026 fiscal year budget

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The highly scrutinized San Diego city budget for the 2026 fiscal year has finally been passed. After facing more than a quarter of a billion-dollar shortfall, city council voted to approve an amended budget, all while saving some of the key programs and services Mayor Todd Gloria chose to cut. There has been passion and heated opinions from the public for months, including on decision day Tuesday when city council was s…

Council passes San Diego budget that restores library hours, fire rings and more — but at a cost to some city workers

The San Diego City Council approved a budget Tuesday that reversed the mayor’s proposed cuts to libraries, recreation centers and reservoir activities by boosting city revenues and eliminating several middle-management jobs. The council voted 7-2 for a compromise budget that also adds crucial funding for brush management to prevent wildfires, a safe parking lot for homeless families at the former Central Elementary and a backlog of needed flood …

Despite deficit fears, City Council restores funding for parks, libraries in final budget

A press conference preceding the San Diego City Council meeting to approve the 2026 fiscal year budget. (Photo by Swasti Singhai/Times of San Diego) Following months of deliberations – and facing a $258 million deficit – the City Council finalized San Diego’s 2026 budget on Tuesday. The first budget draft proposed by Mayor Todd Gloria included reductions of recreation center and library operating hours as well as various community programs, such…

San Diego City Council approves budget for fiscal year 2026

The San Diego City Council approved the 2026 city budget on Tuesday in a 7-2 vote.

San Diego City Council restores recreation center and some library hours in budget

The San Diego City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve the budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which will cut library hours on Sundays and not fill certain executive positions, but restores recreation center hours, Monday library hours at select branches and lake access.